Improvement in log-boat



A. OLMSTE D.

" Log Sled,

Patented April 211 1869..

Witnesses:

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ALBERT OLMSTED, OF WINDSOR, MICHIGAN. L tters Patent No. 89,332, dated A ril 27, 1869.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the lame.

Be it known that I, ALBERT OLMS'IED, of the town of Windsor, county of Eaton, State of Michigan, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Log- Boats; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which'will enable others to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and letters of reference marked thereon.

The drawings show the boat standing on its side, and the manner in which the chain is secured arouu the log, when it is ready to be loaded.

The nature of my invention consists in providing a log-boat with two rings, whereby, by the use of a chain in connection therewith, as hereinafter shown, logs are more quickly loaded, also more securely held in place when loaded, and if the team rolling on the log does not stop at the instant it is loaded, the boat is not thereby upset.

The log-boat consists of two ordinary'sled-shapedrunners, which are secured together, near their rear ends, by a heavy cross-piece, O, which is hollowed out on the under side, so as to allow low obstructions to pass underneath it, between the runners A A.

- The front ends are secured together by means of a flat'cross-piece, D, which is provided with a chainhole, E, in the centrethereof.

The front cross-piece is the shorter of the two, whereby the front end of the boat is made narrower than the rear end. This enables the manager to get it around in the woods with greater facility, as the end next to the horses is not liable to catch behind such obstructions as stumps, or trees; but, on the other hand, by reason of its rear end being so widened, it shields itself off from these.

To load a log, the boat is placed edgewise on the ground, and against the side of the log, as shown in the drawings.

The chain is hooked in the under ring B, and put' around the log, and through the top ring, and over the top runner, and then secured to the Whittle-trees.

- Starting the team turns the boat down on its runners, and, at the same time, loads the log.

To hitch the team in front of the load, loose the chain from the whifile-trees, and pass it through the hole E in the front cross-piece D.

The log is now loaded, securely bound, and ready to be moved.

Having thus fully described 'my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The rings B and B", in combination with the crosspiece O of the log-boat, the chain being arranged with reference thereto, substantially as and for the purpose specified? ALBERT OLMSTED.

Witnesses: I

SAML H. Row, JAS. A. PARK. 

